Charlie Gard

[_Kevin Graham]

LOL so predictable. Erick Erickson babbles about this crap on the radio a few days ago, and like clockwork, here come the internet trolls regurgitating it.

[_The CCC]

Charlie has a rare genetic condition that is incompatible with life. Medicine has yet to come up with a solution for his condition. It doesn't matter where he lives.

[_Gunnar]

Clearly only an idiot would fail to recognize the OP's mention for how the court was involved in the "particulars"....but please, since you spoke up, inform everyone of the "particulars" which absolve the healthcare system under which Charlie's life is beholden to....because only an idiot would make claims on this topic without knowing these "particulars", correct?

I was talking about the particulars provided by Chap's post, which you clearly neither knew about nor cared about, in your eagerness to find an excuse to unjustly fault and belittle the British healthcare system, British government and courts and liberals in general. It is hilarious that once again you have no clue about how much egg you have on your face!

[_Gunnar]

He jumped to the snap, ill-informed judgment that the only plausible reason that the British government was reluctant to approve sending Charlie Gard to the U.S.A. for the experimental treatment was their supposedly evil, liberal, and incompetent public healthcare system ...

And of course the decision made in this case (by three layers of UK judges, all the way up to the Supreme Court) has nothing to do with the UK's arrangements for paying for health care. The result would have been the same even if this child's parents were paying for private health care for him. Money was not a factor in the decision: it was simply a question of the court being asked whether the very remote possibility of a small prolongation of what is almost certainly a very uncomfortable existence outweighed the certainty of further suffering for this unfortunate little person.

And given the highly specialist care he has needed, it is likely that they would still have sent him to Great Ormond Street in any case, since it provides paediatric services unmatched by any private clinic.

All of which subby cares not one whit about -- only about trying desperately to find any excuse he can to cast public healthcare systems, liberals and progressives in a bad light.

[_The CCC]

Interestingly Republicans are demanding Democrats come up with a way to pay for health care.
SEE http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/gop-adm ... -clintons/

[_subgenius]

Interestingly Republicans are demanding Democrats come up with a way to pay for health care.
SEE http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/gop-adm ... -clintons/

"demanding"? yeah, that is not an accurate way to depict the mocking challenge issued by the RNC - but nice try there gramps
(next time realize that some readers may actually follow your link and read the article for themselves)

[_The CCC]

You obviously didn't read the link. For nearly 8 years Republicans have demanded Repeal and Replace of the ACA. Now that they control all three branches of government. They want the Democrats help to save them.

[_subgenius]

You obviously didn't read the link. For nearly 8 years Republicans have demanded Repeal and Replace of the ACA. Now that they control all three branches of government. They want the Democrats help to save them.

That is not, in fact, what the RNC tweeted, again you are confused and assume true the interpretations of the tweetheads who are providing mocking responses to the tweet ...perhaps you are experiencing early onset of dementia?

[_The CCC]

Government by tweet what could possibly go wrong.
Drumpf's tweets are official communications.
Sean Spicer

Republicans voted to repeal and replace the ACA over 50 times
SEE http://time.com/4712725/ahca-house-repe ... obamacare/

Drumpf holds party for House Republicans.
SEE http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/ ... m-millions

We'll repeal and replace the ACA without the Democrats.
Traitor McConnell
SEE http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/mcc ... democrats/

"Repeal and replace" has morphed into "repeal now and replace later".
Druimpf
SEE http://nypost.com/2017/06/30/trump-to-s ... ace-later/

Republicans look for Dems to back repeal of the ACA.
SEE http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/29/senate-r ... acare.html

Have your mommy explain it to you.

PS; http://www.markfiore.com/

[_cinepro]

Will Kevin Graham and his butt-hurt posse please remind us all of how wonderful the UK healthcare system is? (You know like usual, with a blatant disregard for actual facts and stuff)

I don't know a lot about the Charlie Gard case, but what, exactly, were you expecting the US Healthcare system to do for him?

Here's the explanation from the hospital about why they aren't supporting the baby's relocation:

Why is there no treatment available at Great Ormond Street Hospital ?

There is no cure for Charlie’s condition which is terminal. GOSH explored various treatment options, including nucleoside therapy, the experimental treatment that one hospital in the US has agreed to offer now that the parents have the funds to cover the cost of such treatment. GOSH concluded that the experimental treatment, which is not designed to be curative, would not improve Charlie’s quality of life.

How did GOSH come to this decision about his treatment?

GOSH’s clinicians had to balance whether this experimental treatment was in his best interests or not.

One of the factors that influenced this decision was that Charlie’s brain was shown to be extensively damaged at a cellular level. The clinician in the US who is offering the treatment agrees that the experimental treatment will not reverse the brain damage that has already occurred.

The entire highly experienced UK team, all those who provided second opinions and the consultant instructed by the parents all agreed that further treatment would be futile – meaning it would be pointless or of no effective benefit.1

http://www.gosh.nhs.uk/frequently-asked ... court-case